Lead Engineer, Atlas Streams

The worldwide data management software market is massive (According to IDC, the worldwide database software market, which it refers to as the database management systems software market, was forecasted to be approximately $82 billion in 2023 growing to approximately $137 billion in 2027. This represents a 14% compound annual growth rate). At MongoDB we are transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing apps that people use every day. We are the leading developer data platform and the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years. Join our team and be at the forefront of innovation and creativity.

We’re hiring a talented Lead Software Engineer to help us build a new, highly anticipated, data-centric service for processing streaming data with MongoDB Atlas. Atlas Stream Processing enables processing streams of complex data using the same data model and Query API used in Atlas databases. MongoDB's evergrowing platform encompasses many developer-focused services such as MongoDB Atlas Database, Atlas Search, Atlas Data Federations, Atlas Application Services, and more. The fully integrated platform enables developers to deploy fault-tolerant, secure, globally distributed, fully integrated, services quickly and reliably. The new stream processing service will very quickly become one of the cornerstone services of MongoDB's flagship Developer Data Platform.

The team is a startup within the company. This role is an opportunity to be part of the team building MongoDB’s next-generation developer-centric service. As members of the team delivering the first version of the service, the Lead Software Engineer is expected to participate in providing technical direction, helping devise architecture, and implementing core parts of the service.

As the Team Lead for the Atlas Streams Platforms team, you will be responsible for leading and growing the engineering team taking on challenging, high-visibility projects that improve and enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of the distributed systems underlying Atlas Streams. The Atlas Streams team prides itself on building high-quality software using clean abstractions, and lives MongoDB cultural values every day – we value intellectual curiosity and honesty, and building together in an environment that prioritizes collaboration over competition. Our team is distributed across North America, supporting both in-office and remote work with convenient work hours for each time zone.

If you are passionate about data management, distributed systems, and leadership, and are excited to work on high-impact, high-growth projects, we would love to hear from you. Join us as a Team Lead for the Atlas Streams Platforms team and help us shape the future of stream processing, real-time analytics, and data management!

The position is open to our “in office”, “flexible”, or fully remote working models in North America.

Successful candidates will have the following qualities

• 2+ years of experience managing and mentoring an engineering team
• 7+ years of experience in data management systems or backend engineering
• Track record in hiring, mentoring, and growing strong software engineering teams
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and desire to collaborate with colleagues, mentor fellow engineers, and lead projects
• Solid experience in designing, writing, testing, and maintaining distributed systems and/or data storage software. Professional or advanced academic expertise in the domains of distributed computing and/or data storage is preferable but not required
• Be a force multiplier in our software development process. Enable teams to deliver great products through leadership and technical contributions
• Eager to learn, with a strong technical background. Able to build a confident team who can act independently, developing their skills and helping them apply their talents
• Interested in developing their leadership skills and developing the careers of the members of the team
• Well-organized and able to prioritize when to work individually and when to delegate

Position Expectations

• Onboard onto a highly technical product as an individual contributor to gain product knowledge before taking on managerial responsibilities
• Actively participate in hiring for the Atlas Streams team
• Lead and grow other engineers to coordinate seamless changes in a large, feature-rich code base
• Work with product managers, program managers, and other teams to specify, prioritize and deliver new features that delight our users
• Estimate task complexity, report progress, and voice risks for projects executed by reports
• Understand and improve current functionality in Atlas Streams platforms and control plane system’s performance and stability.

Success Measures

• In the first month, you’ll have understood the surface area, the high level architecture of the Atlas Stream Processing
• In three months, you’ll have on-boarded onto the team and contributed to the design and development in Golang of a feature to be released to our customers
• In six months, you will have taken on full responsibility for projects slated for the subsequent quarter for Atlas Stream Processing
• In nine months, you’ll have initiated one-on-one’s with your team members, started growth conversations with your team members and begun to understand their longer-term career aspirations
• In twelve months, you’ll have led the development of multiple new features and performed a full annual cycle of performance and growth conversations with your team members. Additionally, you’ll have contributed to the vision for the future of the Atlas Streams team and helped develop a plan to achieve that vision

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MongoDB’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of MongoDB’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.